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Culture Show Linfield celebrates diversity with presentations of dance, fashion and food at the annual culture show. >> page 10

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Sexuality week

Two members of FUSION were joined together at the mock wedding for Sexuality Week on April 10 outside of Walker Hall.

Division III Week Six of Linfield’s sports teams strutted on stage instead of on the field and on the court at a talent show. >> page 15

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Linfield’s full-time student tuition will increase by 3.06 percent—the smallest dollar increase in the last decade and the lowest percentage increase since 2003.

Tuition will go from $35,900 to $37,000 for the 2014-2015 school year, according to Vice President for Enrollment Management Dan Preston and Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Mary Ann Rodriguez.

A study by the National Center for Education Statistics reported a 31 percent tuition, room, and board price increase between the 2000-2001 and 2010-2011 school years for private universities. College costs have risen drastically over the past decade, and Linfield is no exception.

“Tuition at Linfield, like most colleges, goes up annually,” said Preston and Rodriguez in an email.

“This year, the majority of the additional resources available in the budget went toward a modest increase in employee salaries and corresponding benefits.”

Budget resources for next year will also go toward departmental operating budgets to repair and remodel campus facilities, increased accident and disaster insurance for the college, and student work-study funding for the increase in Oregon’s minimum wage.

Every year, Linfield’s president, his or her cabinet, an associate dean of faculty, and others devise the budget after considering departmental budget requests, incoming revenue, and student sensitivity to price changes. >> Please see Tuition page 6

Linfield strives to make gender-neutral options Kaylyn Peterson Managing editor Housing registration can cause many conflicts in preparing for the next year of your college career.

However, being denied group living options can mess up your plans in a second. For one transgender student at George Fox University living with friends was not an option. With the topic hot on hand in college across the United States, Linfield is also reevaluating its policies on genderneutral options on campus.

According to Jeff Mackay, associate dean of student and director of resident life, Linfield has been working to increase gender-neutral options around campus.

On a brochure created by Residence Life, Linfield identifies 13 gender-neutral restrooms on campus, including academic buildings, other facilities and dormitories.

With this in mind, Linfield has also worked to configure Memorial hall, a previously female-only dorm, to be co-ed for the next school year.

“Instead of having one, big com-

munal restroom, Memorial has four individual restrooms, which we have already designated as genderneutral,” Mackay said. “So if say we have a first year transgender student next year, it would be an option for them, because [it’s] co-ed and has gender-neutral restrooms.”

Along with Memorial other halls that offer gender-neutral restrooms on campus are: Elkinton, Jane Failing, Mahaffey, Miller Fine Art Complex, Murdock, Terrell, T.J. Day, Withnell Commons, Cozine and Pioneer.

Spear-heading the initiative for gender-neutral restrooms is junior Ariana Lipkind, co-president of FUSION. Due to her passion for the topic, Lipkind began by submitting a proposal for gender-neutral restrooms after doing some research and information gathering from other schools in Oregon.

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9/11 remains a common topic Though the events of September 11, 2001 occurred 12 years ago, it has left what seems to be a mark that will last forever on the United States.

The current Program for Liberal and Civic and Engagement theme: Legacies of War discusses much of what happened during 9/11 and the repercussions of it.

Two events that have occurred at Linfield, one that is still going, speak to the different views of 9/11.

A lecture given by associate professor English Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt titled: The Anxious Cannon: Post 9/11 literatures made clear that the events on 9/11 have created an industry of books, maga-

zines, and newspapers concerning the event.

It has also created much paranoia in the United States specifically at airports and the extra security that has been implemented.

Dutt-Ballerstadt mentioned in her lecture that the paranoia has created inequalities for the Muslim community in the United States.

If travelers that are bearded and dark skinned wish to board an airplane it is more than likely security will do more of a check on them because of the almost hysterical paranoia that has engulfed the U.S. government. Dutt-Ballerstadt expressed that “Terrorism is a phenomena, terrorism has no country.”

Directly related to this idea is Wafaa Bilal’s exhibition currently on display at the Linfield galley: “I Don’t Know Their Names.”

Bilal is an associate professor of art at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

The exhibit is one of kind as it was created on campus by Bilal painting 100,000 Iraqi who were killed in the Iraq war on the walls of the gallery.

Bilal also did another art project in New York, which featured him with a camera implanted on the back of his head to document how people in New York viewed bearded people of color.

Even though 9/11 occurred on the other side of the United States in New

York City and Washington D.C. the events have had an impact on the country as a whole.

As part of Linfield’s mission to be a liberal arts college it presents events through the PLACE theme to educate and shape the ideas of it students and to become civically engaged Students who have attended some of the PLACE events and read Matthew Bogdano’s book: Thieves of Baghdad have a more sound knowledge of the events of 9/11 and its repercussions. 9/11 remains an event that has shaped a nation and a generation.

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Technology

Activist tweets may be misinterpreted Hashtag activists use the speed of Twitter to quickly amass their ideas into huge protests.

But what good comes of this snowball effect? Just because everyone’s saying it, doesn’t make it true, and the 140-character limit breeds misinterpretation and a lack of accountability.

Just look at the recent #CancelColbert hashtag war, which was an outraged Twitter movement started by activist Suey Park.

If increased credibility to her cause was Park’s intention, the 23-year-old failed miserably.

Park tweeted in response to an out-of-context quote by political satirist Stephen Colbert.

Colbert’s comment

Helen Lee Photo editor was a joke about starting a foundation for sensitivity to Asians: “I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.”

Colbert was making fun of Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder for wanting to keep “Redskins” in the football team’s

name. Snyder started a charity foundation in honor of Native Americans to give the impression that he is sympathetic, despite his refusal to alter the name.

The joke was meant to ridicule Snyder’s foundation by making an even more ridiculous suggestion, but instead started an uproar among confused protestors.

Ignorant mass protests, especially viral ones, weaken an organization’s credibility.

Now, Park’s and other like-minded activist groups’s social media campaigns will be looked at with disdain and mockery.

Those swept up in the #CancelColbert frenzy only made anti-racism efforts

appear excessively sensitive and unable to discern irony from actual racism.

The Twitter-based protest distracted attention from Colbert’s original point. “Redskins” is offensive to Native Americans, and was the real instance of racism, not Colbert’s comment.

Stephen Marche of “Esquire” even claimed the #CancelColbert hashtag was “perhaps the stupidest hashtag movement in history.”

The latest crack at #CancelColbert starters on Twitter are tweets that they “won” or “got their way” after Colbert announced his intention to take over “The Late Show” once David Letterman retires from

the show.

Colbert said it best in responding to the controversy. “Who would have thought a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstandings?” he asked.

That is not to say there’s no point to hashtag activism or that it is not a useful tool for discussing important issues--just look at hashtags aimed at the “Occupy” protests.

There’s no denying the power of social media movements, but danger lies in the capacity for ignorant viewpoints to be hugely amplified in the span of a few hours.

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Understanding feminism is vital for gender equity Recently an article has been floating around the internet addressing the idea of “female privilege,” or the idea that women do not understand certain things because our society gives them privileges that men do not have.

The article has received a substantial amount of backlash for it’s sexist and downright ridiculous statements.

I am, in fact, experiencing female privilege right now by expressing my opinion and not being labeled “a butthurt fedora-wearing neckbeard who can’t get any.”

A common and frequent-

Olivia Marovich News editor ly used insult I suppose, I’m not sure because, you know, female privilege.

The 18-point list often leans toward the worthless ramblings of a frustrated individual, but at times it illustrates a trend in our society: the idea that men

have to demonstrate hypermasculine traits at all times.

A few of the bullets touch on the subject that men need to be tough and not show emotion at any time, and that this is something women either don’t understand or are forcing upon them.

Number eight states “Female privilege is never being told to “take it like a man” or “man up.”’

The notion that males need to “man up” in certain situations is a completely backwards way of thinking.

Most people in our society wouldn’t take issue with the idea of telling a guy to “man up,” but it’s subtle acts

of sexism like this that allow a long system of inequality and gender-bias to thrive.

Feminism and being a feminist has often seen with a negative connotation in our society.

Linfield’s Gender Equity Week did an amazing job of making the issues of feminism personal to individuals on campus and bringing up what feminism is and why we practice it.

Famous female figures have said they weren’t feminists for fear of being “too harsh,” sounding like they are “complaining,” or, best yet, because they “love men.”

The women saying these things: artists like Madonna, Lady Gaga, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift.

Feminism is not an issue of complaining until women are recognized as being superior to men and not needing them and eventually taking over the world.

Feminism is the idea that genders are equal to each other and that everyone deserves the same level of respect, which I believe is an idea we can all get behind.

In my opinion, feminism does not solely apply to females and the societal issues they face.

It encompasses this idea

of the masculine male who never shows emotions, never feels weak or afraid or overwhelmed, and is always in control.

The less we understand what feminism really is, the more often we will experience the likes of Mark Saunders and other men frustrated with the norms and expectations of a society that forces limitations on them.

Instead of blaming each other for the way things are, we need to start talking about why this gender binary exists and how individuals can work to end it.

Olivia Marovich can be reached at linfieldreviewnews@gmail.com

Sustainability

Linfield’s Portland campus promotes sustainability Katricia Stewart Office of Sustainability Just last year, Portland was rated the No. 1 city in the country for sustainability.

Linfield’s Portland campus is right on track with numerous sustainability projects and campaigns that have the whole campus eager to participate.

Similar to the Mac campus, they have composting receptacles and are piloting a composting program in the residential areas.

They also utilize compostable dishes and napkins at large events.

Their ASLC provides reusable silverware to students who commute and bring lunch (which is about 80% of their student body).

Campus events also offer extra raffle tickets at events with prizes to those students who bring their own plates.

Both of these efforts have had a large impact on their waste reduction.

To encourage bike commuting, Student Life bought u-locks that they loan out to students for free (similar to what we do at the Bike CoOp).

They’re also looking into Bike Lockers to keep residential students’ bikes out of the weather during the winter months or when students are gone for extended periods of time (such as during Jan term).

Along the lines of transportation, they offer discounted or free tickets and passes for students to utilize the public transportation in Portland.

Even better, they have a monthly Commuter Challenge where students and staff who commute via bike,

mass transit, and carpool get to log their alternative commuting and earn raffle tickets to win prizes - a successful program that has encouraged alternative transportation.

Moreover, their ResLife and Student Life sponsor trips on mass transit to local farmers markets, encouraging students to connect with local food sources.

And finally, the Mac campus Facilities department has been helping the Portland custodial services switch over to more environmentally responsible cleaning products.

Way to go, Portland campus!

We have a lot we can learn from them – perhaps we will adopt some of their ideas.

What do you think about the Portland campus’ efforts?

What would help you participate in a more sustainable Linfield community?

Here’s at least one answer: participate in one (or all!) of the numerous Earth Week events taking place April 18th-26th!

Be on the look out for information regarding all of the events, including the second annual Earth Games (which you can sign up for here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EarthGames.

We are always looking for new ideas to help improve our sustainability efforts on campus.

Let us know what sustainability efforts or ideas you are interested in seeing on campus.

We really want to make them happen!

Email sustainability@linfield.edu with your suggestions or stop by our office in Cozine.

The Office of Sustainability can be reached at sustainability@linfield.edu

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Music

Finding a good concert takes effort

Concerts can hold different amounts of importance to music lovers.

Someone may be perfectly content with listening to their favorite artist on Spotify without needing the closeness a concert provides, especially when concert tickets for well-known bands cost a lot more than some college students can afford on a regular basis.

But there are those college students who either like artists who are less known or have enough money to go big with the concerts.

Before someone decides to go to a concert, they should consider a few things first.

Does the ticket price correlate with the amount of esteem you hold for an artist? Throwing in $20 dollars to see a band you might not love but like makes sense,

Gilberto Galvez Features editor

but spending $300 on a concert for an artist you are only a casual listener of probably isn’t a good idea.

It is always fun to see artists that are really popular but usually they are expensive.

You might find yourself enjoying the concert more than you imagined, or you might end up $300 poorer and with a disappointing concert experience.

Another thing to consider would be the scheduling of

the concert itself.

You could possibly end up with a concert in the middle of the week.

Depending on location and transportation, you might end up having to cancel some engagements the next day, such as class, or you could end up tiredly muscling through the next day.

Concerts in the summer or on the weekend are usually perfect.

Fortunately, ticket sales happen so far in advance that you have the option to work out your schedule long before the concert itself begins.

Take time to schedule everything out accordingly.

From personal experience, I know that people can at times schedule two things on the same day. It’d be good to make sure none of that happens.

Finally, it’d be a good thing to figure out that you have exactly what you need for a concert, a water bottle, your phone, some extra money to buy merchandise.

It is also a good thing to make sure you leave with same objects you attended a concert with. It can be easy to lose something in a large crowd, but constantly making sure you know where all of your belongings are is a good thing to do anywhere that involves a large multitude of people.

Not everyone loves concerts, but those that do better figure out how to go to them while keeping the rest of their lives in order. It’s always a good thing to have strange tastes in music when it comes to concert ticket prices.

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Yucheng Zhang/Senior photographer Sophomore Shane Whitson, an event organizer and member of the FUSION club hosting Sexuality Week, talks to an audience at the Condom Bingo event.

April 14, 2014

Yucheng Zhang/Senior photographer Freshmen Rachel Williams and Leanne Pacheco play Condom Bingo in T.J. Day during an event to help students learn about sexual health, gender and safe sexuality.

Students get involved in Sexuality Week

Photo courtesy of Ian Cox Members of the FUSION club and Linfield students pose with Shane Bitney Crone (right, in the striped shirt) on Saturday, April 5 after the showing of the documentary “Bridegroom,” which stars Crone and deals with the tragic loss of his boyfriend. This was the first event that began Linfield’s Sexuality Week.

Gender-neutral: Students propose housing changes << Continued from page 1 started working with Jason Rodriguez last spring as a volunteer in the multicultural programs office working on setting up safe-space trainings and gender-neutral restrooms as an option for gender non-conforming students, or students questioning their gender, or students who just aren’t comfortable using gendered restrooms.”

Lipkind also stated that

she is working to have something written in to the housing policy for transgender students.

“I would eventually like to see Memorial become a gender-neutral dorm, where anyone can live with anyone,” Lipkind said.

Sophomores Shawna Jacobson-Sims and Shane Whitson are also drafting a proposal for more genderneutral housing options for the future, according to Lipkind.

At George Fox, sophomore Jaycen, whose last name was not released, is filing a complaint against the college for Title IX discrimination. Jaycen started making the medical transition from female to male a year ago, and made the transition socially in high school.

Jaycen applied to live with his male friends, but was denied.

In a statement released by the college, it stated, “George Fox strives to be a Christcentered community and our residential facilities are single

sex because of our theological commitments. The student’s request to switch from femaleonly on-campus housing to male-only on-campus housing is one that many institutions would struggle with.”

Dean of Community Life, Mark Pothoff, stated in a letter that the school will allow Jaycen to live in a single room or live off campus with male students under certain conditions. The conditions include changing his name and gender with specific documenta-

tion on his driver license and Social Security Card.

“To Jayce, telling him he can live off campus, but not on campus, really feels like a separate-but-equal kind of situation,” said Portland lawyer Paul Southwick in an article in the Portland Tribune.

Lipkind states that Linfield’s FUSION club does not plan to reach out to George Fox students directly. However, they are hoping that with the help of inter- gay straight alliance for the Wil-

lamette Valley that they help give George Fox’s underground GSA group, Common Grounds, more support.

“In the past, we have tried to get in contact with members of [Common Ground], but it’s been hard because they are so underground,” Lipkind said. “But I know a lot of people around campus have been discussing [the George Fox incident].”

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New Linfield PLACE themes announced Rosa Johnson Copy editor

Although war has and always will be a part of mankind, this year’s Program for the Liberal Arts and Civic Engagement theme “Legacies of War” is coming to a close and Linfield is welcoming a new theme.

PLACE tries to promote civic engagement and social enterprise, and also create a social experience where people share their knowledge with each other.

The philosophy focused PLACE theme for the 2014-

15 academic school year is “How Do We Know? Paths to Wisdom” according to Professor of Sociology and chair of the department Amy Orr. “How Do We Know?

Paths to Wisdom” aims to achieve half of the Linfield curriculum’s mode of inquiry requirements.

This includes the Natural World, Quantitative Reasoning and Ultimate Questions LC requirements.

The theme’s goal is to combine the humanities with the sciences and to provoke asking questions

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We passed the PLACE theme for 2014-2015 last year and the [new] coordinator for it is Jesus Ilundain, of the department of philosophy.

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Chair of the Sociology Department ary perspectives.

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year and the [new] coordinator for it is Jesus Ilduin,

of the department of philosophy,” Orr said.

A liberal arts education embraces the connections among disciplines, which in turn fuels a process of collaborative understanding of the search for truth and knowledge.

Wisdom arises from each discipline, both the sciences and the humanities have their own strengths and the connections among them.

“How Do We Know?” explores these relations, ultimately asking: how might epistemological inquiry through the liberal

arts enhance citizenship and strengthen community, according to Orr. Voting at the April 7 Faculty Assembly meeting included adding information about the PLACE program in the college catalog.

The PLACE theme for 2015-2016 “Air, water, earth, and fire: the ancient elements on a changing planet” passed approval at the most recent Faculty Assembly meeting.

Rosa Johnson can be reached at linfieldreviewcopyed@gmail.com.

Interviews factor heavily into abroad selection process Helen Lee Photo editor

With the selection process over for the 2014-2015 school year January Term abroad courses, students may be left wondering exactly how these admission decisions are made.

While the paper application, essay, and 2.75 GPA minimum are important aspects, it is the interview that is a major deciding factor.

“All study abroad applicants, whether they are applying for a semester or January Term abroad course, are interviewed by faculty,” said Dr. Shaik Ismail, director of international programs. “It is the faculty that gives us the recommendation, and that’s when we move forward with accepting a student or putting them on the waitlist, and so on.”

“When the faculty recommends a student, that’s the final decision. [IPO] does

not override the faculty,” Ismail said.

Professors look for indications of a student’s maturity and compatibility with the individual course, says English professor Lex Runciman.

Runciman will teach a creative writing course in the United Kingdom next January Term.

“The people who are willing to commit to the entirety of the experience will do well. It’s an immersive experience, in terms of the courses I’ve been on, and that’s its attraction and value,” Runciman said.

The English professor also recommended that students apply for a January Term course if they are truly interested in the subject matter and not in simply traveling.

“If a student isn’t really interested in the course, they just want to go someplace and the UK looks interesting, that’s probably not enough for me to want to

take them on the course,” Runciman said.

Although faculty can take many different approaches to their interviews, Ismail suggested a general outline.

economics in Australia?’”

Ismail said.

The IPO director advised students to research the countries of the class for which they are interviewing, such as finding out the

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It is the faculty that gives us the recommendation, and that’s when we move forward with accepting a student or putting them on the waitlist, and so on.

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Director of International Programs “I think generally the focus is on if the student has adequate knowledge of the subject matter, of the theme that’s being discussed. You know, ‘does this student know about environmental

major cities and relations between the selected country and the United States.

“One other thing I know faculty look for is evidence of team building. You have a group of 10, 12, or 14 stu-

dents who will be eating together, traveling together, living together for four weeks in close quarters,” Ismail said.

Ismail stressed the importance of a student’s ability to collaborate, and urged students to be prepared for this criterion.

“For a service course in, say, Guatemala, in a Habitat for Humanity project, you will be working together.

You’re handing bricks to another person, and that person is coming with a hammer. You have to be able to give and take, look out for each other, and be respectful of each other,” Ismail said.

More commonly discussed topics, such as commitment to the course’s objectives, are not the only characteristics professors consider, according to Runciman.

“I’ll ask people about their drinking habits because the drinking laws in the UK are different from the drinking laws in the U.S. That’s

a question that needs to be asked and addressed so that we all go to the UK with the same set of understandings on how that’s going to work,” Runciman said.

The brief, 20-minute interview may feel like too short of a time for faculty to truly asses a student’s potential, and the other parts of the application can help compensate for this.

“I read all the essays,” Ismail said. “From the essay you can tell about motivation, you can tell about knowledge of the country, you can tell about lots of things. It gives an indication of who that person is before they come for the interview,” Ismail said.

The interview is a critical piece of the study abroad application, but it is not the only important part, and students who were waitlisted can take this into consideration for the next time they apply.

Helen Lee can be reached at linfieldreviewsphotos@gmail.com.

How are you enjoying the recent Oregon sunshine?

“It’s great, it makes me feel like I’m at home again, back in California, in the Bay.” -Rachel Kaiser Junior

“It’s nice, but my Alaskan body is burnt. Half of my leg is burnt after the baseball game.”

Savannah Smith Sophomore

“It’s beautiful, I read a book and took a nap outside in the sun yesterday.”

-Dana Hellie Senior

“It’s beautiful, and it’s making me miss home, which is also the Bay. Represent.”

-Tayler Martinez

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Renovations continue as part of Strategic Plan Rosa Johnson Copy editor Construction cones will be on campus while most students and faculty are away this upcoming summer.

A 15-week project in Melrose Hall and Walker Hall to strategically locate departments, partial renovations will begin this summer, according to the Director of Facilities and Auxiliary Services, Allison Horn.

“In alignment with the 2012-2018 Strategic Plan and the Strategic Facilities Guide, the partial renovation projects in Melrose Hall and Walker Hall are intended to revitalize the student experience and maximize efficient coordination between service processes to support students,” Horn wrote in an email.

The renovations will require some departments to temporarily relocate in order to accommodate the lower level in Melrose Hall based on student services and the

International Center in Walker Hall, according to Horn.

The first floor of Walker Hall will be partially renovated to create a large suite to serve as an International Center accommodating both the Political Science department, as well as International Programs Office. The Sociology, Anthropology and Modern Languages departments will be moved to the second floor of the building, according to Horn.

The Anthropology Museum will become a distributed museum with display cases throughout the ground floor atrium areas instead of in a small room adjacent to the elevator, according to Horn.

In addition to mechanical system upgrades, exterior work at the east entrance, accessibility upgrades to restrooms and some seismic improvements. The lower level of Melrose Hall will be designed to create purposeful adjacencies that improve staff effectiveness and provide for easier access by students,

faculty and the community, according to Horn.

“Ultimately the 2012-2018 Strategic Plan and Strategic Facilities Guide focuses on how to make our college better for our students. The

partial renovation projects in Melrose Hall and Walker Hall demonstrate that the college is invested in student success and focused on the student experience,” Horn wrote in an email. “Linfield’s effec-

tiveness relies on our structures, our processes and our programs of study. Academic excellence requires the highest feasible level of support to our students, a strategic focus on the allocation of resources,

and the continuation of a sustainable financial model that most effectively deploys the College’s resources.”

approved in May by the Board of Trustees.

Although Linfield has no current short or long-term policies regarding tuition pricing, tuition has and will continue to increase annually.

But Rodriguez and Preston claimed Linfield is well aware of the effects increased costs have on students.

“One of the top reasons students give for not continuing enrollment at Linfield is because of the costs of the college. ” said

Rodriguez and Preston in an email.

“The smaller the cost increase to students, the greater the possibility that enrollment rates of continuing students will be positively affected,” said Rodriguez and Preston in an email.

Professor of Economics Jeffrey Summers, who has published research in the field of the economics of higher education, emphasized the importance of looking at the valid reasons behind tuition increases.

“You raise the price because you know you want to raise the quality of the education you’re providing,” Summers said.

Summers argued that while Linfield increases its tuition price for students, it does so in an attempt to provide more educational and co-curricular offerings.

“I’ve been here 20 years, and I can say with a great degree of confidence that the academic standards at Linfield are much better than they were 20 years ago.

My students come better prepared, I am able to expect more from my students and they deliver more,” Summers said.

The economics professor, who served as the associate dean of faculty for seven years and sat in on budget meetings, is certain of Linfield’s ability to keep its students’ ability to pay in mind.

“I think nationally, Linfield has been recognized for its quality. The quality has gone up, but the price has gone up, too. In general,

I’d say Linfield has done a pretty good job of balancing those two,” Summers said.

Students generally understand the need to increase costs, but may find themselves questioning the limits of tuition increases.

“I don’t want tuition to be higher, but the money has to come from somewhere, and raising tuition is probably the easiest thing the school can do,” freshman Patty Roberts said.

Rosa Johnson/Copy editor Changes to Melrose Hall would take place over 15 weeks and include upgrades to improve accessibility to the building and restrooms and changes to the lower level offices to help enhance student services.

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After the budget is reviewed by the Board of Trustees in early January, “the budget is presented at an open campus meeting, including video feed to the other campus (if presented in McMinnville, video feed to Portland),” said Preston and Rodriguez in an email.

After passing through other groups, the President presents the full proposal in February and it is officially

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Nuclear dismantlement is a critical step toward weapons reduction Jonathan Williams Opinion editor

A doctor from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory said in his lecture “It’s not all about certainty, it’s about making it harder to cheat” in response to a question concerning the lecture topic, nuclear dismantlement.

Doctor Glen Warren from PNNL discussed the lecture

topic: Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement Verification at 4:10 p.m. on April 10, in Graf hall.

Warren was limited to much of what he was allowed to say as it’s a sensitive subject and he didn’t want be liable for discharging any information that could get him into trouble.

He started out his lecture with a small cardboard box that was sealed with tape.

He said he wanted to know

how many Hershey kisses were in the box without opening it.

The box was used to illustrate what scientists deal with when disarming Nuclear Warheads’ and served as an introduction to Warren’s life.

Warren was introduced by associate and professor and department chair of physics Jennifer Heath.

He discussed that the shared missions of PNNL and

Radiation Detection and Nuclear Sciences are to enforce basic science, high-energy physics, nuclear physics, treaty enforcement, nonproliferation, and interdiction.

Warren talked about the question that all audience members wanted to know, “Has a weapon actually been dismantled?” He mentioned that there is much checking up in the process of dismantling

nuclear weapons, as scientists don’t know what countries do to their weapons behind closed doors.

The process for nuclear warhead dismantlement includes item verification with the host, which is the nation that has the warhead. Certification ensures that the system can be operated safely and securely.

Certification is absolute which means hosts take a large

risk in revealing unwanted secrets.

An information barrier helps limit information that goes in and out of the system.

Templates minimize the interpretation of data. Warren’s key point was that in order to reduce stockpiles of nuclear warheads, dismantlement verification is critical in the process.

Jonathan Williams can be reached at linfieldreviewopinion@gmail.com.

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The interviewing process can be one of the most terrifying parts of finding a job. You may have all the necessary qualifications, but if you can’t articulate exactly why you’d be the perfect for a job, it is a little difficult for the employer to take you seriously.

The Career Development Center here at Linfield has various tips to help with the interviewing process. It also conduct mock interviews for students in its office and send out newsletters to help with anything career-related. You can visit www.linfield.edu/career. html for more information.

Preparation before the interview is incredibly important. You can’t show up to an interview not knowing what position you’re applying for and what this position entails. The Career Development Center has a handy brochure on interviewing tips such as “Practice your firm handshake” and “Research the company and know responses to commonly asked questions.” Though personality plays a huge role in what position fits you the most, the key to making a good first impression is also professionalism in appearance.

“The right clothing reflects your respect for the interviewer and company.

Start your interview strong with a well-prepared elevator pitch, which answers the ‘tell me about yourself’ question,” said student assistant Ben Berthold in the November issue of the

Career Center’s November 2013 newsletter.

The interview itself is the point where many, even the most prepared, could possibly falter.

Confidence is key during an interview. In the November/December 2012 newsletter, Berthold advises students to be honest within their interviews even during the dreaded question all interviewees have to face, “What is your weakness?”

“With the right wording, you can turn a negative statement into a positive one. To answer, give an example about a skill you may not have had in a past experience, but that you worked hard to improve on — just to show them that your approach is a serious one, and that you like to grow when faced with challenges,” Student assistant Aparna Parasarthy said in the October 2013 newsletter.

At the same time, the Career Development Center’s brochure on interviewing mentions that the interviewer shouldn’t be the only one asking questions. You should have a few questions of your own prepared for the interviewer, hopefully prepared from when you researched the employer.

As the interview finishes, there is still time to make first impressions. The brochure advises students to give the interviewer a firm handshake and make eye contact. Body lan-

Rosa Johnson/Copy editor A sign sits in front of the Career Development Center in Walker 124. Students can go there to practice with mock job interviews and gain general career advice. guage is a good thing to focus on during and after the interview. It also advises to write a thank you

letter. Employers want to know that their time has been appreciated. After you’ve left, remember to jot

down a few notes from the interview. It’d be a good thing to remember what was discussed.

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Spencer Beck/Staff P Alpha Phi and Theta Chi take a group picture after the Field Games on April 7 in the I.M. Field. The Field Games were the first event of Greek Week, and Alpha Phi and Theta came in first at the Field Games and in Greek Week as a whole. The theme for this year’s Greek Week was “Through the Ages.”

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Fraternities and sororities join together to compete in Gilberto Galvez/Features editor Gilberto Galvez can be reached at linfieldreviewfeatures@gmail.com

Spencer Beck/Staff Photographer Sophomore Hailey Hoddevik of Alpha Phi competes in Greek Week’s Field Games.

Eve Brandis/S Members of the Linfield Greek System participate in Greek Week’s trivia event. The trivia questions centered theme “Through the Edges.” Theta Chi and Alpha Phi won the trivia event on April 9 in Riley 201.

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YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Sigma Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha dance through an old couple’s love story during the Lip Sync on April 12 in the Upper Gym. Pike and Sigma came in first at the event.

YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Pi Kappa Alpha circle around during their Lip Sync performance with Sigma Kappa Phi. Together they came in second during Greek Week on April 12

Spencer Beck/Staff Photographer Sophomore Kahleb Dixon of Delta Psi Delta throws a ball during Greek Week’s dodgeball games.

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YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Pi Kappa Alpha dance with Sigma Kappa Phi during their final dance at Lip Sync, the last event of Greek Week on April 12.

Spencer Beck/Staff Photographer Freshman Rachel Williams of Sigma Kappa Phi and her Pi Kappa Alpha partner participated in the relay during Greek Week’s field games in the I.M. Field on April 7.

YuCheng Zhang/Senior photographer Junior Chauncey Galletly and senior Michael Poznanski of Kappa Sigma perform during the Lip Sync competition with Zeta Tau Alpha on April 12 in the Upper gym.

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Linfield sings along with local students Katie DeVore For The Review

Local elementary and middle school kids gathered side by side with the Linfield Concert Choir for the 4th Annual Choir Clinic early morning, April 11.

“This acts a great experience for the kids. It is a great way to show them what music can do. This is a fantastic way to outreach with the community.

It brings together Linfield with the surrounding community,” said singers for Linfield’s concert choir sophomore Elizabeth Malain and senior Joleen Ackerson.

While warming up all participants danced and sang to the tunes of instructor Breanna Suguitan.

Interactively clapping and dancing, visitors smiled, laughed and giggled.

Guest were quickly integrated into the group and their comments were welcomed as they were encouraged to participate.

“Normally we are focused on our usual songs, today was focused on making sure the students had

fun and incorporate them into the group. Today was fun. We got to be silly with the warm up. We really wanted to engage the students” said Michaela Duffey, a freshman studying French from Clackamas, Ore. The star-spangled-banner resonated throughout the room as students, young and old, sang their hearts out.

The choir signed the words and taught the visitors the motions.

The visitors appeared to be struggling to sign at the beginning, but as they rehearsed it a few more times Concert Choir students assisted them in their struggle.

The second song that they sang was “Celebrate.”

Some of the guests even soloed in the song.

The concert choir was very encouraging. At the end of each solo smiles were exchanged between soloist and Linfield Concert Choir students The clinic was open to all McMinnville School District third through eighth graders who are interested in choir.

Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Freshman Murphy Jackson (left) plays Earnest Worthing in Oscar Wilde’s 3 Act comedy.

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Fewer students attended this year as a result of a communication error between Linfield and visiting schools.

Many schools were confused on the deadline and as a result were not able to attend said Chris Engbetson the Visiting Choir Director.

Although, fewer students attended this year than last year the clinic was still beneficial for students.

The elementary school and middle school students loved that there were fewer kids. It allowed for the kids to be focused on and receive more individualized attention.

One of the visiting third graders said that her favorite part was singing and dancing with Linfield students.

She says she only sings in the shower and at church so this clinic gives her a good excuse to sing in public. The student wishes to remain anonymous.

Katie DeVore can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Yucheng Zhang/Senior photographer Sophomore Ping Fan dances at the Culture Show on April 12 in Ice Auditorium along with other acts that included dancing, singing and taiko drumming.

Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Freshman Madilyn Bechtel (left) accompanies junior Nicholas Granato, who plays Algernon Mancrieff, has a comedic conversation with freshman Murphy Jackson as Earnest.

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ hits the stage Rosa Johnson Copy Editor Nothing says classic comedy more than bizarre family dynamics and British accents, especially in Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” put on by the Linfield Theatre.

This three act comedy features a clumsy Earnest Worthing, or so that’s what he says his name is.

Freshman Murphy Jackson stars as the protagonist with some definite identity issues who has invented an imaginary brother named

Earnest that he pretends to be. The so called Earnest proposes to his leading lady Gwendolen Fairfax, portrayed by senior Jenny Layton, only to find out that she will only marry a man named Earnest.

But Algernon Mancrieff, played by junior Nicholas Granato, knows of Earnest’s true name of Jack.

Algernon pretends to be Earnest in front of Cecily Cardew, freshman Heidie Ambrose, the young girl who has already fallen in love with Earnest before she has even met him who

also wishes to be engaged to a man of the same name as Earnest.

The two leading ladies meet and find out that they are both engaged to Earnest Worthing forming a false love quadrangle putting each man in the dog house for pretending to be this imaginary person.

The 13 person cast displays the funny and flirtatious feel of Wilde’s play as the traditional romantic comedy of theatre.

With witty humor that is even funnier because everyone is speaking in British

accents, “The Importance of Being Earnest” will be showing in The Marshall Theatre in Ford Hall at 7:30 p.m. on April 16-18 and April 25-26.

On opening night there will be a $2 discount on all tickets, full price tickets are $9, for seniors 62 years and older along with Linfield faculty and staff tickets are $7 and $5 for students.

For more information you can go to Linfield.edu/ arts or call (503) 883-2292.

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Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Junior Nicholas Granato who plays Algernon Mancrieff points a finger at freshman Murphy Jackson as Earnest.

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‘Fatale’ is a feminist’s favorite love story Paige Jurgensen Columnist

A femme fatale is defined as a beautiful and seductive woman that brings disaster and ruin onto the men that she interacts with and it is common knowledge that every little girl dreams to become one.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s ‘Fatale’ chronicles follow femme fatale Josephine, often just referred to as Jo, throughout her life.

Her life is not quite as ordinary as she.

In the beginning of the first book, she is around

eighty years old (at the youngest) and is somehow still rocking a banging body.

The first book “Death Chases Me” follows Jo through the 1930’s where she is running from her crooked cop ex-boyfriend and a cult that worships unknown deities that are similar to those of H.P. Lovecraft (think lots of tentacles for no apparent reason.)

In the midst of her troubles, she meets a newspaper reporter named Dominic Raines, who immediately falls in love with her (and her rocking

Photo courtesy of www.theartofseanphillips. com body).

Dominic insists on sav-

ing her from her ex-boyfriend, whose illegal activities Raines is attempting to expose.

An association with Josephine pretty much guarantees trouble for the male characters of ‘Fatale,’ although that is not necessarily Josephine’s fault.

Essentially, the men in Josephine’s life have disastrous endings because they insist on “saving” a pretty lady and end up getting themselves and the people they care about, hurt.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips work together often to create mystery graphic novels.

The duo is also responsible for the “Criminal,” “Sleeper,” and “Incognito” series, all of which have received mostly positive reviews.

Much of their work, especially “Fatale,” is kind of like H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe had a baby and then hired Hugh Hefner to be their nanny…

So, it is interesting to say the least.

The ‘Fatale’ chronicles consist of four books so far: “Death Chases Me,” “The Devil’s Business,” “West of Hell,” and “Prey for Rain.” Each of the four books takes place in a dif-

ferent decade ranging from the 1930’s to the 1990’s.

It is probably for the best to mention that after any woman (or man, I guess) who reads one of the ‘Fatale’ books she (or he) will immediately want to put on lipstick darker than Hell fire, heavy eyeliner, step out into the night and rip out some man’s heart to add to their collection; which, personally I believe, is the appropriate reaction to the finishing of any decent piece of literature.

Paige Jurgensen can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Senior recital

Rosa Johnson/Copy Editor Senior Yucheng “Alex” Zhang took the stage on April 13 in Ice Auditorium where he sang songs in German, Italian, Russian, Chinese and English with pianist Susan McDaniel in the first half and in the second half presented his own compositions. Zhang is a music major and wants to pursue a master’s degree in composition.

Band perfects punk rock music Jerry Young KSLC Tapping into their inspiration of new wave and punk rock music from the 1970s and 1980s, the indie rock band The Kaiser Chiefs released their third album “Off With Their Heads” in late October of 2008.

The first single off of the album, “Never Miss a Beat” was released earlier that same month.

The opening song on the album, “Spanish Metal,” sets the tone for what is an entertaining, high energy, upbeat album.

The fast paced music hits hard with a thundering but not overpowering drum rhythm, powerful guitar chords and high octane vocals.

Throughout the album, the bands punk rock

Photo courtesy of israbox.com inspirations are extremely noticeable.

“Never Miss a Beat” was released as a single in early October and is even a faster tempo than the first song.

Like most other punk rock music, the tempo and aggression of the music is a little bit hard to handle at the offset if the listener isn’t used to it.

From song to song, much of the music can sound similar in its tempo and style.

One will hear strong guitar chords, fast drumming, and loud vocals. However, for fans of the genre, “The Kaiser Chiefs” hammer it home with perfection.

After the opening six tracks on the eleven-track album, the seventh, “Tomato In the Rain” changes things up a little bit.

The tempo slows slightly and brings with it an added emphasis on vocals instead of guitar and drums.

During the chorus, the drummer, Vijay Mistry gives an odd but entertaining style of drumming different than the rest of the song.

The rest of the album goes back to the more classic punk rock style, finishing with a beautifully done eleventh track “Remember You’re a Girl”.

After releasing the album in October, 2008, the

band went on tour in the United Kingdom. The tour started at Leeds Academy and ended at London Forum.

The band has released five albums plus a compilation album.

In October of 2012, the bands success continued when it was confirmed that they would be one of the two support bands for a Green Day concert in London in June, 2013.

At the same time, they will be doing their own tour of the United Kingdom.

Fans of the punk rock genre should be sure to tune in to KSLC 90.3 FM McMinnville to hear “The Kaiser Chiefs” and their album “Off With Their Heads”.

Jerry Young can be reached at linfieldreviewculture@gmail.com

Upcoming events Ron White author talk

7:30 p.m. April 15, Nicholson Library

The Importance of Being Earnest

7:30 p.m. April 16-18, April 25-26 in Marshall Theater

Garden Work Party

10 a.m. April 19, Linfield Garden

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Record breaker is the cutting Edge Casie Gaza Senior sports reporter

Freshman Dallas Edge has always been known to be a hard-worker, relentless athlete, and wonderful teammate. However, Edge put the term history maker on the list as she broke Linfield Col-lege’s women’s 100-meter Hurdles record on March 22 with time 14.74.

“Honestly, I thought ‘I’m just gonna run this race’ and I warmed up feeling like I always do and by the third or fourth hurdle I realized that no one was next to me,” she said.

“After the race Travis came over and said, ‘Oh by the way you just ran a 14.7.’ I hadn’t expected to run that fast this early and I didn’t even know the school record was broken. After the event, everyone came up congratulating me. It was awesome.”

However, Edge notes that her intentions of this season were not to break the school record. Rather, she wanted to achieve big goals like “making conference championships or

qualifying for nationals.”

“I wanted to do whatever I had to do to have qualifying times,” Edge said. “All that matters to me is having a good season and our team winning conference—meaning I need to perform just as well as everyone else.”

Her excellence on the field has not come easily.

Edge has worked extremely hard both inside and outside the classroom to achieve her goals.

“I just try to make every rep count. I treat everything like a race and I try to critique every little thing because in the end, those little things matter—they all add up to 0.01 of a second.”

Outside the field, Edge aspires to go into a sportsmedicine field as a biology major in hopes of helping athletes like herself. She maintains a 3.4 GPA and previously competed on the ’Cats women’s soccer team.

Meanwhile, Edge says that her teammates and coaches have been crucial pieces to her successes.

“Coming into the season I didn’t know anyone,”

Edge said. “I went home to train by myself and I came back and didn’t know anyone. Travis was cool and helped me to get back into the flow of things. But when I came back, I sensed a team atmosphere and it was awesome to become a part of that. Seeing what we’re about as a team.”

Going forward, “Everyone knows how close we are to being able to win and what it’s going to take from everyone to be on the same page. I want to win a conference title,” she said.

“I want to make the finals everything I run but the bigger thing is, as a team, that everyone competes and shows up that day.”

As the Wildcat track and field team moves forward into the post season, there is no doubt that they will be seeing more of Edge and all of her accomplishments.

While her career continues at Linfield, it is clear that Edge has no edge. Her fight and commitment is limitless and will allow her to continue to do great things both on and off the field.

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Photo courtesy of Audrey Lichten Freshman Dallas Edge is running the 100-meter hurdles race at the Lewis & Clark Spring Break Open on March 22. This was the meet where Edge broke the school record.

Wildcat Sports Schedule Monday, April 14 Women’s Lacrosse

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Men’s golf plays solid rounds at weekend tournament Drew Mahrt For the Review The men’s golf team played in the Willamette University Invitational the weekend of April 13, and played just about average.

Playing on Broken Top golf course in “perfect conditions”, as Linfield sophomore Kyle Hargrave explained, the team placed third after both rounds.

Day one was a great one for junior Logan Munson, as he shot a career best 75.

The smooth greens and dry climate definitely seemed to help Munson strike the ball well and clean.

Taylor Klopp and Kyle Hargrave had the two best round of the tournament for the Wildcats. Klopp shot a 78 on the first day but came back the second day with his eyes on the prize, shooting a 74.

Hargrave was a little more consistent, but still showed improvement from the first to second day. He shot a 77 on the first day and finished with a 75 on the second.

“I don’t think I played very well on the first day”, Hargrave said. “I just scrambled for a lot of pars. [April 13], I played better, but still missed a few birdie tries.”

While no one finished

Junior Kyle Hargrave under par, everyone played fairly well. Linfield place in the top half of the standings for a second week in a row now and look to be getting back on track and regain the spark they had at the beginning of the season.

“We played pretty well, in great conditions and on a good course,” Hargrave said.

Linfield travels back to a Willamette home course on April 18 to play in the Willamette Cup at Tokatee golf course.

This will be the second weekend in a row that Willamette hosts an even, and the last weekend before the Northwest Conference Championship tournament begins. That tournament will be hosted on the weekend of April 26 at the Oregon Golf Association Golf Course in Woodburn, Ore. Drew Mahrt can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Baseball: Stays No. 1 in NW Conference standings

Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Senior Nate McClellan (10) starts to swing during the game against Pomona-Pitzer on April 12. Linfield won both games that day, 16-4 and 13-3.

junior Jo Carroll, McClellan, Fischer, and a final home run

by Wylie.

But it wasn’t over yet.

The Wildcats had another game to complete in their double header against Pomona-Pitzer. To no avail, Linfield earned another win 13-3 against Pomona-Pitzer advancing their overall season record to 26-3.

The first two innings remained stoic for PomonaPitzer and Linfield with no runs scored. Nonetheless, in the third inning, Truex hit a double to earn one RBI putting Linfield on the score-

board 2-1. The ’Cats scored again in the bottom of the fourth with a single down the right field line by senior Kenny Johnson.

With the scoreboard tied 2-2, Linfield entered the sixth inning focused and ready.

The ’Cats were able to score five runs in the bottom of the sixth with a sac bunt by Carroll, an RBI by Lawson and Johnson, and two more by Wylie. The seventh inning was very similar with two RBI’s from junior Chance Laboda and three from Wylie.

They would finish the match with one more run from a sacrifice fly by Johnson.

In the last match against Pomona-Pitzer, the ’Cats earned a win with a score of

After the conclusion of March Madness, I’m sure everyone knows how much money is in the commercialization of Division I athletics.

In fact, about 90 percent of the profits made by televised college sporting events go back to these big name institutions.

That money not only funds the athletic complexes and medical care, but it also helps pay wages for professors and other funds a majority of academic expenses. Basically, in bigger institutions having successful sports program (such as football or basketball) is essential to having a successful institution.

However, student-athletes at Northwestern University have challenged their university claiming that they should be paid for their athletic commitments. The National Labor Relations Board in Chicago has ruled that football players at Northwestern University are employees and have the right to unionize.

The evidence that lead

overwhelming and for good reason. If this decision is finalized, the dynamics of Division 1 sports could completely change for good. Less popular athletic programs such as golf, tennis, lacrosse, and even baseball and softball could suffer from extensive financial losses as they would be unable to pay their athletes nor would potential student-athletes find it worth playing without adequate compensation.

Prestigious Division 1 institutions, such as Duke and Stanford, may give up football all together to maintain academic integrity.

This would without a doubt change the landscape of Division I competition. In short, athletic programs’ focus would be on financial profit, not on the love or enjoyment of the sport.

However, I can’t help but sympathize with these players. Even though most of these Division I athletes have tuition costs mostly covered and are given end-

less amounts of free shoes, apparel, equipment, and athletic care; I can’t help but feel that they are being used by their colleges’ for financial gain. The students wear name brands that the college sponsors, they have hectic schedules which leave them out of the classroom during season, and the pressure to consistently perform at their best is enormous. Imagine being a starting player on Wichita State’s basketball team (one of the top-seeded teams going into the D1 NCAA Tournament) and losing early on in the playoffs to no. 7 seed Kentucky? Knowing that you not only have to play for yourself but for a whole institution and fans who have money on your performance is a reality that I can’t fully grasp my head around.

What affects me the most is that these players admit to not being able to major in the field of study that they are passionate about. According to an article by CNN, approximate-

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8-4. Five of the eight earned runs came in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI

by Lindell, Lawson, John-son and two from Carroll. The next run came in the bottom of the seventh with another RBI from Lindell in a single to center field. Pomona-Pitzer would fire back with a total of four runs, however, they would not be able to outmatch the Wildcats with the last RBI coming from Truex.

With the post-season coming up and the Wildcats on fire from three consecutive wins, there is no doubt that the ’Cats will be contenders for yet another NCAA title.

Casie Gaz can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Division I tackles pay for play controversy Sports Commentary

Camille Weber Sports columnist to the ruling included athletes getting paid in the form of scholarships, working between 20 and 50 hours per week and generating millions of dollars for their institutions. The football players are ultimately seeking better medical coverage, concussion testing, four-year scholarships and the possibility of being paid through an organized union.

Northwestern University is appealing the verdict and the case could go as far as the U.S. Supreme Court. This could mean years before there

is a definitive decision on this very unusual case.

If you’re thinking that this is totally ridiculous and absurd, you are not alone.

Sports directors, coaches, alumni, big institution presidents and the NCAA have all jumped at the opportunity to voice their opinions on the verdict.

“While improvements need to be made, we do not need to completely throw away a system that has helped literally millions of students over the past decade alone attend college,” said the statement from NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy.

Mike Slave, commissioner for the Southeastern Conference (SEC), also openly disagreed with the verdict saying, “the SEC does not believe that full-time students participating in intercollegiate athletics are employees of the universities they attend.”

The amount of criticism and backlash on the Northwestern football players is

Women’s tennis racks up wins at weekend matches Mikenna Whatley Staff Writer

The Linfield women’s tennis team came away with three glorious victories this week: Wednesday against Willamette, 8-1, Friday against Pacific, 9-0, and Saturday against Pacific Lutheran 8-1.

Freshman Mackenzie Fraser felt very proud to be a Wildcat after Wednesday’s match against Willamette.

“Even though we lost our doubles match, we turned it around and came back to win in singles,” said Fraser, “which shows how mentally tough of a team we are.” Still on a high from Wednesday’s win, the

Linfield Women’s Tennis team pulled off their first conference match sweep of the season in their match on Friday against Pacific.

“We have all been working hard to improve our games and it was awesome to solidify that during our match up against Pacific,” said Junior Kaila Nip. “Everyone played well and it was awesome to play outside in the good weather.”

With confidence levels through the roof as the team felt the full results of their long hard weeks of training paying off, the team pulled out yet another win Saturday against Pacific Lutheran University. This win secures the

team one of the four spots in the Conference Tournament.

Kelly Watanabe was back playing in singles for the first time in several weeks since her injury and dominated her opponent 6-2, 6-3.

“Overall, the team battled through some close matches today and pulled out one of our best wins of the season,” said Senior Caroline Brigham.

The team hopes to keep competing well through to next weekend when they play Whitman and Whitworth at Linfield’s home courts.

Mikenna Whatley can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Mikenna Whatley/For the Review The women’s tennis team gathers together before their match against Pacific University on April 11.

ly 15 percent of men’s football, baseball and basketball players say that they would have majored in something different if they had not been athletes, and there was 12 percent of Division I football players said that athletics have prevented them from majoring in what they wanted. As Linfield has over 30 percent of its population involved in Division III sports, I’m sure many of us can relate.

Maybe the football players at Northwestern University have a point. Spending on average six hours a day committed to athletics may be a sacrifice needed to be compensated financially by their institution. However, labeling these student-athletes as workers and paying them for representing an academic institution is completely detrimental to the integrity of sports and to the way we enjoy athletics.

Camille Weber can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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Women’s lacrosse fights to Boxers trample ’Cats in the end in tough away game back-to-back matches Rachael Gernhart Staff writer

Casie Gaza Senior sports reporter It was a tough but hardfought match for the Linfield Lacrosse team who took another season loss to the Pacific University Boxers on April 11 with a score of 18-4.

In the first half of the match, the Boxers scored twelve goals in comparison to Linfield’s three. All of the ’Cats goals in the first half came from junior Halee Helgerson.

Helgerson’s first goal came from a foul on the Boxers and a clear shot at the goal. Her second goal came from an assist by team-mate, freshman Nicole Aguilar after a great ground ball pickup. Her third goal came from freshman Madilyn Bechtel in a clear attempt at the goal. Statistically, the team showed well defen-sively with six saves, and only seven turnovers.

However, the second half of the match was a different story with only six runs scored by the Boxers in comparison to the first half’s twelve. Linfield’s

Junior Halee Helgerson

Sophomore Erika Phillipo single goal came from senior Shelby Duarte with 5:36 left on the clock. With a save from goalie, sophomore Erika Phillipo, Duarte was on the move and with a clear attempt added one

Senior Shelby Duarte more goal to Linfield’s score. Although Pacific would continue on to score another two goals to finish the match, it was clear that the Wildcat defense was relentless with twelve turnovers in comparison to the Boxer’s 13 and four saves in comparison to the Boxer’s three.

Although the Wildcat Lacrosse team did not having a winning game, it is clear that they were true winners today. The Women’s Lacrosse team has one last match at home on April 14 against Loras College.

Casie Gaz can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

Pacific University swept Linfield in all singles and doubles resulting in a 9-0 win April 11 at Pacific’s Holce Courts in Forest Grove, Ore. “Friday was tough because of how strong the team is, they are one of the top teams in the conference from top to bottom,” said junior Lukas Kleinman, “I felt like Friday we played a little better as a unit and perhaps that was just because there was less pressure and it was the first match of the weekend.”

The Boxer’s are ranked 10th in the most recent Intercollegiate Tennis Association West region rankings.

At No. 1 singles junior Micah Roos lost to Pacific 6-2, 6-1. Freshmen Kelsey Rosborough was defeated by Pacific’s No. 2 singles player, 6-1, 6-1. At No. 3 singles Kleinman lost 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Tim Hawkins fell to Pacific’s No. 4 singles player, 6-3, 6-1.

Pacific earned a victory over Linfield’s No. 5 singles player, freshmen Alec Wisthoff, 6-1, 6-0 and at No. 6 singles, sophomore Nick Konen

lost to Pacific, 6-4, 6-1.

In doubles Pacific beat Linfield’s No. 1 duo, Kleinman and Rosborough, 8-4. At No. 2 doubles Hawkins and Roos lost 8-4 against Pacific. Wisthoff and Konen at No. 3 doubles also lost to Pacific, 8-1.

“As our coach described it, Friday was the best practice of the year because we were pushed. We learned that we still have to give 100 percent no matter how we are feeling or who we play,” Hawkins said.

After competing at Pacific University the Cats traveled to another Northwest Conference competition against Pacific Lutheran.

Pacific Lutheran defeated Linfield 8-1 on April 11 at the PLU tennis courts in Tacoma, Wash.

Linfield’s lone win came from Kleinman. Kleinman won 6-3 in the first set and earned a third-set victory over Pacific Lutheran’s No. 3 singles player, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3).

“Saturday there was some disappointment in our early performance,” Kleinman said.

“We came out very flat in doubles but showed more heart in singles and played through

the heat and wind and fought hard.”

In the remaining singles, the Lutes won in straight sets against the Wildcats. At No. 1 singles, Roos, lost to Pacific Lutheran University, 6-3, 6-0.

At No. 2 singles Rosborough lost to the Lutes, 6-3, 6-2.

At. No 4 singles, Pacific Lutheran earned a victory over Hawkins, 6-0, 6-0. At. No 5 singles, Pacific Lutheran won over Wisthoff 6-4, 6-1. At No. 6 singles Konen lost to Pacific Lutheran, 6-4, 6-2.

In doubles matches Pacific Lutheran dominated across the board. Kleinman and Rosborough lost at No. 1 doubles, 8-1. At No. 2 doubles Hawkins and Roos lost to Pacific Lutheran, 8-3. Konen and Wisthoff lost to PLU, 8-0.

“I think we learned that when we play with confidence and freely we are capable of elevating our games to the next level,” Kleinman said.

Coming up, the Linfield Wildcats go to eastern Washington to face Whitman College and then Whitworth University.

Rachael Gernhart can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.

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1) The baseball team did an interpretive dance to the song Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus. The team won first place out of the six competing teams. 2) Juniors Colin Nelson and Tyler Tamayo were the representatives for the football team and performed a slow song as their talent. 3) The men’s and women’s tennis teams strike their final pose in their lip sync performance of “Summer Nights” from the musical “Grease.” The combined teams won third place in the competition. 4) All the teams gather together for a group photo.

The talent show was the first event of Division III week. 5) The volleyball team made their own song to show their love for the sport with creative costumes and lyrics.

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Catline

BASEBALL Linfield Willamette George Fox Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound Whitworth Whitman Pacific Lewis & Clark

SOFTBALL Linfield Pacific Whitworth Willamette George Fox Pacific Lutheran Lewis & Clark Puget Sound

MEN’S TENNIS Whitman Pacific George Fox Lewis & Clark Whitworth Pacific Lutheran Willamette Puget Sound Linfield

WOMEN’S TENNIS Whitman Whitworth Linfield Pacific Lutheran Puget Sound George Fox Willamette Lewis & Clark Pacific

NWC

Overall

17-1 13-4 14-7 10-7 8-10 7-1 7-14 4-14 3-15

27-3 20-11 24-8 18-13 10-17 10-19 18-17-1 11-18 9-22-1

NWC

Overall

22-2 19-9 18-10 13-13 13-15 13-15 7-19 2-26

31-7 24-10 26-14 17-19 24-16 16-24 11-24 3-31

NWC

Overall

10-0 8-1 7-2 6-5 5-5 4-6 2-7 2-8 0-10

13-3 11-3 9-3 6-10 6-9 5-11 2-11 3-11 0-12

NWC

Overall

9-0 9-1 8-2 6-4 5-5 3-7 3-7 2-9 0-10

9-8 11-4 11-2 10-6 6-5 7-10 4-7 2-11 2-12

Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Senior Kramer Lindell (11) slides into home plate as teammates senior Clayton Truex (32) and Eric Lawson (25) cheer during the sixth inning of the first game on April 12. The team won that game 16-4.

Baseball remains top in the conference Caise Gaza Senior sports reporter

It was another wild weekend for the Wildcat baseball team who improved their conference record to 27-3 with three wins against Pomona-Pitzer.

The ’Cats blew out Pomona-

Pitzer in the first game with a 16-4 win. In the first inning, senior Nick Fischer hit a home run giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead going into the second inning. Without any response from Pomona-Pitzer, Linfield earned another two runs in the bottom of the third inning with a double to right center by senior

to right field. Then, sophomore Eric Lawson contributed an RBI while senior Jake Wylie hit a sacrifice fly putting the ’Cats up 10-0. Likewise the sixth inning was also a six run inning with RBI’s coming from >> Please see Baseball page 15

Softball officially wins the Conference Championship Stephanie Hofmann Sports editor

Dallas Edge is cutting edge

Freshman Dallas Edge has been breaking records and taking names this year.

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Women’s tennis has a winning weekend

Women’s tennis wins in three weekend matches and keeps climbing up the NWC standings.

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Division III Week talent show lets athletes show off

Six sports teams show what they’ve got off the field and on the stage for the first annual talent show.

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Clayton Truex and another RBI by senior Kramer Lindell.

However, it was in the bottom of the fifth and sixth where the Wildcats were truly able to claim their dominance. In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Wildcats earned six runs. The first two runs came from senior Nate McClellan with a single

Spencer Beck/Staff photographer Junior Grace Middlestadt (30) is the first at bat during the first of two games against Willamette University on April 12.

The softball team continues on their road to the National Championship with three wins and one loss this weekend against Willamette University.

For the first two games on April 12 the ’Cats faced off on their home field against the Bearcats.

The two games were a back-toback battle against the two teams.

There wasn’t a single run until the second inning when Linfield got three runs. Although the Bearcats got a run in at the fourth inning, they weren’t able to get another one before the end of the game. Linfield finished up the game with a run in the fifth inning.

The second game was much closer with the ’Cats only winning by one point, with a final score of 2-1. Linfield got the first run in the first inning followed by a tied up 0-0 second inning. The bearcats were able to catch up in the third inning with a run making the score 1-1. The ’Cats were left hitless until the fifth inning where they got their last run of the game, finishing this intense game.

The next day Linfield travelled away Willamette University

to play two more back-to-back games which the ’Cats won one and lost the other at, 16-2 and 2-10.

The softball team went back to their winning way with getting a run for every hit they made. The ‘Cats made at least one run every inning until the fourth neither team made a single run. Linfield had an explosive third inning with eight runs and five hits. The Bearcats got two runs and three hits the entire game, but where mostly shutout by pitchers senior Karina Paavola and junior Montana McNealy.

In the next game, Willamette turned their performance around by letting the ‘Cats only getting five hits and two runs the entire game. The game started off slow with a beginning lead for Linfield with a run in the first inning, but then the Bearcats had an explosive fourth inning getting five runs.

Willamette sealed the fate of the game in the sixth inning with four more runs.

The softball team finished their conference season and now moves towards the road to the NCAA III Finals. The ’Cats will next be playing at the NWC Tournament at home on April 18 and 19.

Stephanie Hofmann can be reached at linfieldreviewsports@gmail.com.